put to the vote

put to the vote (third-person singular simple present puts to the vote, present participle putting to the vote, simple past and past participle put to the vote)

1. To ask people to vote on a proposal.
   • 2025 August 6, Christian Wolmar, “You don't get me, I'm part of the union”, in RAIL, number 1041, page 49:

     Attempts to merge these unions in recent years have failed when put to the vote of members, but unionisation remains strong in the rail industry - not least because it has proved effective in keeping up wages.

• “put-to-the-a-vote”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.